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For me the decision was made when Mike Mearls said: "Jeremy is the rules guy."

First of all: Realize I'm not saying what is valid behavior and what is not - I'm just saying it's the worst thing a DM can do from my perspective. Groups in which I'm not a player can do whatever they are happy with. Second: The point where I start to disagree would be where you say that the...

I think you create yourself a lot of complications by doing this: - You will have to dictate players what they do without them having stated it "You take the wrong path and now are lost" or even be forced to lie to them "You find some tracks and follow them, they lead to a stream." (it's the...

RAW, RAI and Sage Advice do not conflict with each other. RAI / Sage Advice are just an additional explanations for those who didn't understand what was meant by reading the rules. They all should take priority over what the DM says.

Abjudication is actually perfectly fine for me. If I want to climb a cliff and the DM determines no roll is needed and I just succeed (or fail), that's within the rules, so I won't complain that I don't get to do an athletics check. The problem for me comes only in when the DM interprets a rule...

Back then it was simply harder to figure out how RAI is. That doesn't change much about the situation, though. You should always try to abide by the rules. Plus it's a combined effort of players AND the DM to interpret the rules. The problem for me is only if the DM feels entitled to...

That's not according to the rules, though. To quote them: I think the rule are clear and simple enough, no need to add extra checks for it.

I don't see this problem. On success you give them confirmation. On fail, they simply don't know if they are on the right path or not or don't know which path to take.

No. Jeremy Crawford is the creator, so he makes the rules. Not the DM, that's what I explained in my last something posts. DMs that feel entitled to mess with the ruleset just piss me off and that's why it's my top 1 "Worst thing a DM can do". And yes I don't like it and thus don't play.

I don't really see the cp cost an issue, so I don't see the need to rule that at all. The actual question is if you can cast the spell on something that doesn't have eyes.

Don't ever do hidden rolls. There are better solutions. Especially in your example "rolling survival to see if the halfling gets lost", I don't even see the need to hide it in the first place. What would you do on a failure? Tell the halfling that he found the trail and but really make him...

If you asked Jeremy Crawford he would reply what 99% of all board game creators would reply: They just state how the rules where intended to be, but you are free to change them if you think that's more fun for your group. But that's not what I want. If I want to play chess I want to play by the...

Everyone who left my games so far just... disappeared. Not coming online anymore, not answering mails, etc. I don't think something I did as DM caused anyone to do that. I'm very clear already when recruiting players what type of DM I am and the players applying are those that love exactly my...

No, the rule is "if no cost is indicated, then the material components can be replaced with a focus", there's no 1 gp limit. A cost is indicated: One cp per eye. Even if I say "if there's no eye, the cost is 0 cp" that doesn't make "a cost is indicated" false. It doesn't refer to the actual...

One of my players asked this and I was surprised I couldn't find anything about it online: Gentle Repose requires copper pieces to be places on the corpse's eyes and only works as long as they aren't removed. But what if the target doesn't have any eyes? What if you cast it on a steak? My...

In D&D 5e I'd apply passive perception to determine that. In other rulesets, it would probably be hidden rolls then? Rather than asking. (Note: In my opinion, the description of the environment can vary depending on how perceptive the PC is.)

The DM has the following jobs: 1. Telling the players what their PCs perceive. 2. Making sure everyone abides by the rules. 3. Use educational skills that help everyone getting along and having fun. It's definitely not the DMs job to make up or change the rules (at least not if you play by a...

I'm the opposite. I need a DM that absolutely strict with the rules and doesn't add any house rules (and rulings only when he can provide a source e.g. a tweet by Jeremy Crawford). I want to play the game as it was intended by the creators and not what the DM likes it to be. Depends for me. I...

I would agree to this except for the "You feel X" part. The DM is eyes, ears, nose and skin for the PC and needs to transfer the knowledge of seeing, hearing, smelling and feeling to the player.

I honestly wouldn't even call not allowing unlimited rerolls or everyone rolling a house rule. That's pretty much RAW - the DM decides if the attempt is successful, failed or is uncertain (in which case he calls for a roll).